It's scary how many other people this has happened to! I first mailed my 2020 Federal and State returns on March 23, 2021. I used Certified Mail. When I didn't get my Federal refund after three months, I tracked them and learned that USPS had lost both packages. There was no insurance, so I had no recourse. I filed both returns again on July 2, 2021, this time via two-day Priority Mail. I received my Federal refund quickly thereafter, but when I tracked the state return, I found USPS had lost it AGAIN. I started to file a claim, but my tax return apparently has no value as far as the post office is concerned. It's a lot of trouble to get a refund for a couple of dollars in mailing fees. Now I must file my state taxes again, this time at the end of July--three months late and four months after I originally filed. It's official--the U.S. Post Office is broken. I've relied on them for decades, never dreamed this could happen. I originally tried to e-file, but my return was rejected twice because of a misplaced decimal that I couldn't change on the electronic version. I'm beyond frustrated.
